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,. @muy gisten @strat @ffice GEORGE NOITES.- (,)l1 POWNAL, MAINE,ASSIGNOR TO ANDREW LEIGHTON.

AND M. L. WHITNEY.

[l I Letters .Patent No. 72,221, dated December 17, 1867.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE NOYES, of Pownal, in the county ofCumberland, and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful ImprovedHay-Press; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others to make and use myinvention, reference being had to the R accompanying drawings, formingpart of this-specification, in which- Figure 1 is a' side sectionalelevation'of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side View of the motive and winding-shafts.

Figure 3 is a face view of`one of the adjustable traps or doors. l

Figure 4 is an end view of the old form of follower', used toclose thespaces in mylinvention occupied by the doors.l 'l

Figure 5, a top view of the lever to hold the compressing-clamps.

Hay-presses, as at present constructed, employ, in one or another" form,two. expanding and contracting arms, to eompressthelhay when placed andtrodden in the body of the press. Such I do not claim. The shaft uponwhich the cords which move the arms are wound is also common. But I- amnot aware of any machine employing the double gears a a', thatis, one ateach end of the two shaftsb e. This imparts an evenness and regularityto the motion where so much forceis exerted as invthese machines, andmuch improves the durability of the operating parts, and is alsostronger. These shafts and gears are distinctly seen in the drawing, theshafts resting on the two cross-beams d e. Around the shaft or drum care wound the eordsfg, attached lto the arms or levers 71.1.'. Thesearms 7L a' are attachedl byjoints to the platform j at 7e. They arefurthermore supportedand strengthened by the braces Z. Thus,.when theplatform is raised, the two arms tapproach each other, and when theplatform is lon'ered, they expand. Power is applied at c. m m representtivo traps or doors on the sides of the press, having hinges n andtrucks o. These spaces in thezsides ofthe press, 'occupied by theexpanding and contracting arms tz', are necessarily left to allow of themotion of these arms. Heretofore such spaces have been filled, when theplatform is lowered, by the lips or flanges p, iig. 4, on the [i falsebottom or follower g. But this was found inconvenient, particularly whena baleof hay burst and had to be taken out, as the wings f being ofmetal, caught the bale or bundle, and rendered the manipulationdiflcult.

In my invention Iidispense with-this tig. 4, and substitute the doors ortraps m. To insure the' operation of these doors, I employ certain otherdevices. In iig. 1, at r r., are two bent i levers onpivots s, one onlyvisible in the side view. t is a spring to throw this lever down, asillustrated in the drawing. When these levers are thus thrown out, thedoors m m are easily opened by the expanding levers L t 2'. u shows anear or projection on the platform j'. When the pletformj is brought downso as to nearly touch the lcross-beam o, this ear u, presses down theinner arm of thc bent lever 1'., and th'ejspring with it, and .bringsthe outer arm of this lever r against the exterior of the door m or m',thus securely closing it, and so allowing'the hay to be trodden, as iscustomary, when first placed in the press. When the arms z z'vare fullyF expanded, or when the platform 7' is brought to its lowest position,the levers t z' drop ont of the spaces filled by the doors m, and thenthe ears et press on the bent levers r 1", and press those leversagainst -the doors.

Then, when in the operation of the machine the platform 7' rises, thesprings are released from the pressure of the ears u, and'V the doorsallowed to be opened by the arms]z. z'. The door, held in a closedpositibn, is illusk trated in g. 3. A

- When the platform is pressed up by the arms h z', and the 'hay pressedin a vertical direction, it is necessary to bring upon the bale apressure on its ends. This I accomplish by means of the movable'endpiece w. x af z sbo.\v two cams or eccentrics moved by arms y 2, the army lookin-g into 2, and held by the hooked lever `3. (i: By turning y ina vertical position, after hooking it into 2, the movable side piece wis driven inward on to the hay. The lever 3 heretofore, `.vhen employedto hook into and hold the lever 2, has turned inwardly, and was thusliable to be struck by the foot of the operator, and was, moreover,otherwise in the way. vBy turning outwardwhen hooking into 2, it restson the top of the cross-beam 5, and is thus out of the Way of theoperator. i. My machine isembraeed in a rectangular frame, as usual, andpresses the hay by moving the platform upward. It will be understoodtbatthere are two ears, u, and two springs and levers, 4 r, one on cach oftwo opposite sides of the machine.

The above-described press is intended to be portable, arid it will beseen that when the two arms h z' areV brought to their nearly verticalposition, the rectangular box or frame cnn be easily carried from placeto place.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is 1. The combination of the springs 4 and levers r, as and for thespecified purposes. 2. The combination of the ears u, springs 4, andlevers r, as and for the specified purposes. 3. The adjustable doors m,with trucks o, as and for the `purposes described. 4. The combination ofthe clamps or cams x e, levers y and 2, and lever 3, alias and for thepurposes described.

GEO. NOYES.

Witnesses:

W. H; CLIFFORD, HENRY C. HOUSTON.

